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Originally Posted by D856C
Hype about Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design, web usability guru Jakob Nielsen has said.
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I agree with that statement. Web2.0 is the new holy grail of web design, everyone wants a part of it. IT is like the FLASH Rush a few years back, Everyone who was anyone HAD to have a Flash Website regardless of how it looked and performed, they just had to have it because it was hyped up by Macromedia and Flash designers.
Guess who coined the phrase Web 2.0 O'Reilly Media. Most of us who are serious about coding etc, most likely have at least one pocket reference book made by O'Reilly, they also have a lot of fingers in physical web design, so of course its in their interest to generate a new craze and hype that will have all the major businesses falling over each other to include so called Web2.0 features for their online presence, this in turn means new standards and methods of coding, which means more developers , designers and coders etc will be falling over themselves to be part of the new Gold Rush and in turn will buy some useful guides and reference books from.. O'reilly.
At end of day the web will not die if only a handful of organizations etc turn to Web2.0 WHen it comes to business the vast majority of visitors to an ecommerce site will still want to find their product and purchase it with little time as possible. By bloating a webpage out filled with Web2.0 bells and whistles will simply turn customers away, there is already a report out that goes into great detail about webrage, how people are getting too stressed and angry because webpages do not load quick enough of function how the visitor would like.
Anyways time will tell, when Web 2.0 is done and dusted something new will come along to encourage the hype, virtual 3D USB Glasses/headgear maybe, surf the web in 3d, walk through virtual malls and watch 3d porn shows.